Section 39:2A-6 - Employee seniority, benefits transferred, continueda. Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes and rules promulgated thereunder to the contrary, employees of a private motor vehicle agency who were employed with that agency immediately after serving in the division prior to its privatization, shall, upon returning to State service as employees of the commission, receive civil service seniority credit for all years of employment service retroactive to the date upon which they commenced State employment prior to employment with the private motor vehicle agency. These employees shall also receive civil service seniority credit for all years of employment with the private motor vehicle agency as if the employment were total and continuous.b. Employees employed by the private motor vehicle agency who enter State service as employees of the commission but who have no prior State service shall receive civil service seniority credit for all years of employment with the private motor vehicle agency.c. Civil service seniority credit for all employees referred to in subsections a. and b. of this section shall only be used to determine seniority credit for layoff and promotional purposes and accrual of paid leave.d. Accumulated sick and vacation leave for employees entering or returning to State service as provided in subsections a. and b. of this section shall be transferred and credited to their State leave accounts immediately upon their return to State service.Added by L. 2003, c. 13, s. 6, eff. on the date the Commissioner of Transportation certifies to the Governor that a majority of the members of the commission have been appointed or are in office and that all necessary anticipatory actions have been accomplished, provided, that the amount of revenues received pursuant to sections 109 and 110 of chapter 13 prior to the date of certification are hereby appropriated to the division.